Refusing to Eat: Child
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Ideas to Get My 6 Year Old to Eat
Asked by L.P. from Sacramento
on January 6, 2008
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My 6 year old has a very limited diet. My new years resolution is that he will eat what my husband and I eat at dinner. My only idea is to say if you don't eat dinne...
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- Hi L., my 4 year old is going through this. We make him sit down to eat with us every night for dinner. If he chooses not to eat what we eat he doesn't get dinner an...
- Definitely don't bride with dessert. I would suggest talking to your childs pediatrician, but mine has told me all along not to offer anything special for her. Don't...
- We try to do the same thing for our 12 year old and our 5 year old. I tell them they have to a least try each food item we have at dinner each night. They say it tak...
5 Year Old Who Only Want to Eat Sandwiches
Asked by E.R. from San Diego
on October 7, 2008
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Hi I have a 5 year old in kindergarten and she only want to eat peannut butter and jelly sundwiches and thurkey sandwiches. I want her to eat a variety of food not jus...
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- I wouldn't worry, she is getting different food groups but you may want to try Grilled Cheese, or Mac and Cheese-kids love it. I only ate cereal and hot dogs for a yr...
- School puts all kinds of "weird" social pressures, my kids LOVE Tuna...but won't touch the stuff at school. People make comments they say. (my kids are 3rd, 4th and 5t...
- This is totally normal. My almost 5 year old only ate PB&J sandwiches for months and then one day didn't like them anymore and wouldn't eat them for months. Instead ...
6 Year Old STILL Does Not Eat Well.
Asked by M.M. from Baton Rouge
on October 5, 2008
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My 6 year old still does not eat well. I wondered if anyone else had struggled with this. He has never, and I mean never, eaten a fruit or a vegetable. He will eat ...
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- Cut out the junk food. Nachos are ok, since he is getting some cheese there, but no cookies, candy, etc. Give him juice or milk rather than Kool-Aid or soda. Using th...
- First problem is junk food. If it is not in the house he can't eat it. My children occasionally eat junk food, but most of what I keep in the house is fruits and veggi...
- Hi M., I'm a physical therapist who works with children. What you are describing is very common in kids who have overly hypersensitive mouths. If this is true i...
My 5 Year Old Won't Eat
Asked by T.L. from St. Louis
on November 7, 2009
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Ok So I'm struggling to figure out my 5 year old. He refuses to try any new foods. I try to make him take a least one bit. But he either cries and refuses the rest of ...
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- i have to disagree with some of the advice so far, and i might be in the minority but it's just my opinion. i would absolutely NOT make special meals or foods for him....
- does he try to eat things that aren't food, i.e. cardboard, metal, plastic, etc.? Does he take a vitamin - if so, what kind? it sounds to me like he may be malnourishe...
- T., I feel your pain. I have had people tell me, my daughter wont starve, put the food in front of her, if she doesnt eat it, then she doesnt eat. And I too would fo...
My Nearly 6 Year Old Son Will NOT Eat Vegetables
Asked by J.A. from Cincinnati
on January 29, 2009
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Can anyone give me any pointers on how to get my nearly 6 year old son to eat vegetables. he only eats corn. I have tried carrots and after 7 hours between two diffe...
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- Our son will eat just about anything if he can dip it in Ranch dressing. Would something like that, or cheese sauce, work? Also, if there's any way you could get him...
- wow...obviously if he isn't eating vegetables after SEVEN hrs....he's not going to. If you keep going this route he will definitely dread lunch/supper time at home and...
- Only read a couple of other responses, but have to put mine in as well. Making him sit like that is ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!!!! There are hardly any kids who eat veggies at t...
My 5 Year Old Is Out of Controll
Asked by L.S. from Boston
on April 13, 2007
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I have a 5 year old son and a 6mos old baby boy. My 5 year old has been acting out so much that I don't know what to do! It started about 2 months before I had the ba...
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- I think you are wise to make an appointment to see your pediatrician about this. I also highly recommend the book, "Raising Your Spirited Child" by Mary Kurcinka, I've...
- Hello, the best thing I ever did was having my 7 yr old go to counseling. She was attending a weekly behavior therapy group when i found out i was pregnant. She has A...
- Did anything happen to trigger this behavior in the two months before the baby? That could be it. Does he tell you if anything is bothering him? To me it does sound...
6 Year Old Weight Concerns
Asked by J.W. from Tampa
on June 18, 2011
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Oh where to start, sorry if I ramble but I am really stuggling with this and don't know what to do for the best. My 6 year old son who has sensory processing issues su...
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- Buy the book Disconnected Kids and follow the plan for smelling certain scents in the right or left nostril. The problem with SPD kids is their senses are not clear to...
- You didn't actually say how tall/heavy he is, so it's hard to tell if you are just biased or not. My six year old (girl) is four feet tall and weighs 55 pounds...whic...
- My son is Autistic and has oral sensory issues. We got a prescription for Feeding Therapy. It is usually a Pediatric Speech Therapist you can find to do this, or an OT...
6 Year Old Daughter Is a Picky Dresser
Asked by L.B. from Bloomington
on January 28, 2007
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This is my 4th child and maybe last. She became picky about the clothes she wears almost 2 years ago when I left my ex-husband. At first, I thought it was a phase that...
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- Are you sure we aren't raising the same girl? My 6 year old acts that way too. She is very head string-stubborn-her way or the highway. I make sure her clothes for ...
- Sounds just like my son. Look online at Sensory Integration Disorder. I was a teacher and still knew nothing about the spectrum of this condition. You might need to...
- Your daughter's behavior sounds a lot like my 5 1/2 yr. old daughter's except that my daughter refuses to wear dresses or skirts unless she's going to church. She has...
6 Year Old Terrified to Go Upstairs
Asked by S.B. from Houston
on May 11, 2008
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My 6 year old son sleeps on the floor by my bed every night. He is too scared to even GO upstairs alone and ABSOLUTELY won't go in his room without escort even in bro...
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- Without reading your replies. When I was turning 7 we moved to a new house and new town. I can remember laying in bed terrified. My new room was down a long, narr...
- I agree with seeking Christian counseling. I had a neighbor when I was a child who was cruel to me and it happened in an upstairs home. I kept having nightmares as a...
- S., #1 Try a baby monitor. Tell your son that if he needs anything to just call for you and you will come. You will need to respond to every call for a while and...
My 5 Year Old Daughter Is Wearing Me Down
Asked by J.L. from Dallas
on April 19, 2011
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Hi, I'm a single mom. I have a fiancee, 18 year old daughter headed to college, and a 4 almost 5 year old daughter. I work from home, so I am home with her all day lon...
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- I have 3 girls. 16, 10, and 6. I know you say you only work an hour at a time and that you give her lots of attention. I'm sure you do, but what this sounds like to m...
- I really wouldn't recommend the Love and Logic thing with a child who is already totally in control. That's more of a program on how to give her even more choices and...
- There's a pamphlet that I read & reread when my girls were little. You can find it online at http://www.ntmu.net/lovingcommand.htm.
